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Final report on HSE Savita inquiry in coming weeks
The final report of the HSE inquiry into the death of Savita Halappanavar is expected to be complete in the coming weeks.
Chief Operating Officer of the Galway Roscommon Hospital Group Tony Canavan says while a date is not yet confirmed, the independent chairman Professor Sir Alrulkumaran is working on the final stages with his review team.
Addressing last evening’s meeting of the Regional Health Forum West, Mr Canavan said the review team met with Mr. Halappanavar’s representatives earlier this month and has since received their submission in writing.
It followed a query from Forum Chairperson Cllr Padraig Connelly who also asked if the recommendations made by the coroner had been implemented.
Members were advised that significant measures had been taken in advance of the inquest.
Mr Canavan said that many of the coroner’s recommendations were applied at a national level and that when guidance is available, it is the intention to take on board all three sets of recommendations.
Forum Chairperson Cllr Padraig Conneely said the recommendations should be implemented straight away and questioned the delay in the final report.
He added that free legal aid should be available for those who have a grievance with a public hospital.
- Commitments to end direct provision are “slipping”, according to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. It says the Government is already missing deadlines for short term commitments.
- Galway City councillors have paved the way for an Aldi development at a site on the Monivea Road that has been derelict for almost 20 years. It’s on the site of the demolished Comer Machinery in 2005.
- Frontline NHS workers have become some of the first people in the UK to receive their coronavirus booster jabs.
Galway Bay fm newsroom – National Broadband Ireland is to host a pop-up information event in Ballinasloe from tomorrow (Fri 17th).
The two day event will take place at Tesco Superstore in Menlo, Ballinasloe from 10am to 4pm.
The event aims to give the public an opportunity to learn about the national broadband plan, when high speed fibre broadband is coming to various areas in Galway and how households can get connected.
The NBI team will be on-hand to take registrations to enable future updates on the rollout in specific areas.
It comes as NBI currently has construction underway to bring fibre to 3,307 premises in the Ballinasloe intervention area.
These are in the townlands including Clontuskert, Ahascragh, Kilconnell, Liscapple, Aughrim, Carnakelly, Fohenagh, Riversdale, Dowras, Kiltormer, and Rosmore among others.
In total, there are 38,714 premises in the intervention area in county Galway, which includes homes, farms, commercial businesses and schools.
From the Galway Bay FM Newsroom: University Hospital Galway’s Emergency Department has the second highest number of patients waiting on trolleys at any ED across the country today.
According to the INMO’s trolley watch figures, there are 31 patients at the acute hospital’s Emergency Department in Galway city now awaiting beds.
UHG’s figure for emergency department patients awaiting beds is the second highest in the country, with only Cork University Hospital worse affected where 43 patients are on trolleys..
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